Contracts Manager

ExxonMobil India Careers; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Medical plans

Retirement benefits

Training and development program

Workplace flexibility policy

Job summary

ExxonMobil India Careers is seeking a Contract Manager for their office in Bangalore. The role involves leading contract development for various project service contracts, contributing to commercial evaluations, and ensuring compliance with organizational standards. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree in engineering, at least 3 years of contracts management experience, and strong skills in negotiations and supplier relationship management. Benefits include competitive compensation, medical plans, and training opportunities.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years as a Contracts Manager on project service contracts.
• 5+ years of broad contracting experience in the Oil and Gas Industry.
• Strong commercial proficiency in contract development.

Responsibilities

• Lead contract development for project service contracts.
• Manage commercial evaluations and bid review teams.
• Analyze market intelligence for project execution strategies.

Skills

Contract development

Negotiations

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Supplier relationship management

Education

Bachelor’s in engineering or Supply Chain

Job description

Job will be based at Bangalore, Whitefield office (WFO) for 5 days a week.

What Role You Will Play In Team

The Contract Manager leads and manages contract development for miscellaneous project service contracts and orders (i.e. camp maintenance, consulting, engineering studies) and associated scopes used by various Global project teams typically $10K-$50M USD range. This is an individual contributor position that will collaborate with the global Procurement contracting team, functions and project teams.

What You Will Do

• Develop project spot Orders and develop and maintain a portfolio of service contracts
• Host as required, a Project Contracting Strategy workshop with project management to develop the Project Work Breakdown Structure for the overall capital project
• Lead and manage contract development, including coordination of Scope and Job Specification components. Ensure consistency between General Terms and Conditions Document and all other contract components (exhibits, job specification, etc.) prior to bid issue
• Lead commercial evaluations as a member of bid review teams ensuring that commercial impact of any contractual or technical/execution issues/exceptions resolved/changed during the evaluation period are accurately reflected in final total evaluated cost and contract documents
• Ensure all documents and exhibits are complete and included in final agreements, all functional reviews and management approvals are completed/obtained as required
• Collaborate, handle conflict, and resolve complex commercial exceptions with bidder’s legal and management representatives in a timely manner
• Develop agreements with Lump Sum, Time and Materials, Reimbursable Cost and Unit Rate compensation structures
• Communicate and present with excellence appropriate messages to various levels of leadership as well as external parties
• Proactively and frequently communicate and collaborate within Projects organization, functions (i.e. legal) and Procurement category families to maximize commercial outcomes
• Monitor status of the contractor market (seeking input from Category Managers)
• Analyze data on market intelligence from other internal groups and use results to optimize project execution strategies
• Integrates overall commercial - technical contracting components and ensures overall contract quality and integrity
• Follow all ExxonMobil controls and system requirements
• Collaborate with a global team and willing to adapt schedule to align with project teams
• Support project service contracting needs with tight deadlines

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in engineering, Supply Chain, or other applicable business degrees with minimum 6 CGPA
• Minimum 3 years of experience as a Contracts Manager on project service contracts
• 5+ years of broad-based contracting experience including contract development, contract maintenance, and negotiations experience in related professional experience
• Contracting experience in the Oil and Gas Industry
• Strong commercial proficiency – contract development with variety of compensation types (lump sum, time and materials, reimbursable and unit rate), negotiation and influence, bid development and evaluation, total system cost development, analytical skills, supplier relationship management, contracting strategy development, contract maintenance
• Outstanding behavioral proficiency – internal initiative/drive, resilience, communication skills, ability to integrate easily
• Other strong proficiency – service excellence, sound decision maker, strong collaborator, knowledge of requisition/purchase to pay process

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Experience of the India & international EPC market, contracts (reimbursable and lump-sum), and supply chain
• Understanding of Engineering Services/EPC Category Agreement templates/compensation methodologies

Your Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Medical plans, maternity leave and benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Global networking & cross-functional opportunities
• Annual vacations & holidays
• Day care assistance program
• Training and development program
• Tuition assistance program
• Workplace flexibility policy
• Relocation program
• Transportation facility

EEO Statement

ExxonMobil is an Equal Opportunity Employer: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or disability status.